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Jméno Straka Michal
Pozice Vědecký pracovník

Michal Straka, Ph.D.

Scientist


Theoretical bioinorganic chemistry (Dr. L. Rulíšek)
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS
Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 257

 
Education
1998-2001 Ph.D., in Physical Chemistry at Laboratory for Instruction in Swedish, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Ph.D. Thesis: "Computational Studies of New Heavy-Element Species".
1991-1996 M.Sc., in Physical chemistry at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comenius University Bratislava. Diploma Thesis: "Electric Properties of Borane Complexes With Zn, Cd, and Hg".
 
Professional Experience
2009- Senior scientist at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
2008-2009 Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
since 2008 Docent at Helsinki University.
2006-2008 founding member (junior scientist) of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science.
2005-2007 Marie Curie Fellowship, project "Computational Toolbox for Calculations of Noble Gas Magnetic Resonance Parameters".
2004-2007 Postdoctoral fellow at Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2002-2004 Postdoctoral fellow at Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany.
1998-2002 Ph.D. at Laboratory for Instruction in Swedish, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Supervisor Prof. Pekka Pyykkö.
1996-1998 Research assistant at Chemical Faculty, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic.
 
Teaching Experience
since 2002 Supervising undergraduate and Ph.D. students.
1996-1998 Teaching assistant at Chemical Faculty, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic.
 
Price/Awards
  • Personal scholarship awarded by Finnish Chemical Society (SKKS) in 2001.
  • Marie Curie Fellowship in 2005-2007.
  • Magnus Ehrnrooth Travel Grant in 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Chancellor's Travel Grant at Helsinki University in 2005, 2006.
  • European Reintegration Grant, 2009-2011.
 
Research interest
Endohedral fullerenes. Dynamics and molecular properties. Computational modeling of molecular properties. Xe NMR. Multiscale models of viral nanomotors. Prediction of new inorganic species. Theoretical actinide chemistry.